* BS EN 131-7 Standard
In Europe, as elsewhere, falls from heights are the major cause of workplace fatalities and a significant cause of major injuries, with most of these falls being from low falls, defined as a fall from under 2 meters, and it is not unusual that falls from 1.2m to be fatal. In an analysis of fall accidents, Snyder(1977) showed that people who fell less than 6m landed on their heads 76% of the time. However , people who fell more than 6m landed on their feet 63% of the time. In relatively short falls, the head is more likely to be injured than in the higher falls.*

It was with these dangers in mind that the British Standards, European Normals (BS EN) 131-7 was adopted by the UK and Europe to govern the design and manufacture of movable ladders.

Our NST Series was conceived, researched, designed , and manufactured over the course of a full year because of the feedback from our customers and our experience which included the fatal deaths of several employees of major multinational corporations in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia from working on uncertified movable ladders (all NOT manufactured by us). Even as some of these accident inquiries have not been closed and others buried, our NST Series presents a safer, properly designed and certified option in our markets where there are currently NO national or regional safety standards for these products.

* Ergonomics Evaluation into the safety of stepladders, Report by Loughborough University for the UK HSE (Health & Safety Executive)